11th Army Long Service Badge/第十一軍長期奉公章

About 11th Army and its wound badge see https://asiamedals.info/threads/wound-badge-of-11th-army.23369/

1st type.

Size 35x28 mm.

Obverse

長期奉公 - Long Service

reverse

第十一軍 - 11th Army

Original case.

長期奉公章 - Long Service Badge

Another cased specimen of 1st type.

 

2nd type 1st variation.

Obverse

長期奉公 - Long Service

reverse

長期奉公章 - Long Service Badge

呂集團 - Ro Group; 呂 /Ro, Ryo/ - "backbone" was a nickname of 11th army.

 

2nd type 2nd variation.

Obvious stamp differences. Not to mention the inscriptions.

 

Fakes.

Only one variant is known for today.

 

Rare photo of the cavalier.
Dated 1937.

Looks like he sewed his badge.

 

Fragment of the group photo.

 

Obviosly both badges (i.e. long-service badge and wound badge) were manufactured by the same workshop.
Even cases are practically identical.

 

Interesting award group with both badges.

Photo courtesy of the owner.

Photos of awards were later added in original photo (photomontage) of Lance Corporal.

 

Both badges.

Wound badge.

6th class Sacred Treasure.

7th class Rising Sun order.

China Incident Medal.

Lifetime Member of Japanese Red Cross Society Medal.

Cavalier in his civil life was a member of the Shizuoka Prefecture Firefighting Association https://asiamedals.info/threads/shizuoka-prefecture-firefighting-association-merit-badges.24747/

 

Another cavalier of the badge.

 

Another rare photo with 11th Army Long Service Badge.

 

Fakes.

Only one variant of fake is known for today.

 

Another example.